Good Friday - Redeemed

Our effort will never be enough to pay for our sins. Only Christ could do this. We call Friday of Passion Week 'good' because the Son of God paid the ultimate price for 'our' good. We are redeemed! Forgiven! Holy! Justified! Set free! Adopted and reconciled to God! Good Friday, indeed!

Pastor Sam

Holy Wednesday - A Day to Worship

On Wednesday of Holy Week, the Bible records that Jesus remained in Bethany and dined with his disciples at the home of Simon the leper. There he was lavishly worshiped by a woman with an alabaster box of precious ointment. Judas also betrayed Jesus on Wednesday - two stark events so obviously juxtaposed.

Pastor Sam

Holy Tuesday - 'The Withered Tree'

On Tuesday of Holy Week Jesus returns with his disciples from Bethany to Jerusalem and... to the Temple. As they travel, they encounter the fruitless tree Jesus had cursed the day before. It was now withered and dried up. Once in the temple we see that Christ was really citing evidence of the same condition in the religious leaders of the day - calling them 'whitewashed tombs.'  

Today's devotion reminds us to heed the warning of a dried-up tree and a whitewashed tomb to become those who bear fruit in Christ.

Pastor Sam

April 15, 2025

Monday of Holy Week - A House of Prayer

On Holy Monday Jesus cursed a barren fig tree, drove the money changers out of the temple, and answered questions meant to accuse Him by the religious leaders who were against Him.  Reflecting on this day and its application to us, we should look to our own house of worship - the sanctuary of our heart - regarding the purpose of God's temple (which is Christ in us), making our house, the house within our hearts, one of prayer. 

Pastor Sam